Description:

"Reading & Writing Chinese is a classic, best-selling introduction for beginning students to the Chinese writing system. This simplified character edition presents Chinese characters in the writing system used in the world today. This edition includes 1100 new combinations of characters, 70 new notes on language usage, and an updated introduction to the Chinese writing system that incorporates insights into the contemporary state of the Chinese language.

Customers also bought

Book details

Jiageng Fan specializes in the linguistic relationship between the Chinese and Japanese languages and scripts, focusing on the etymology of characters. He has lived, studied and taught Chinese, Japanese and/or English in China and Australia and has traveled extensively. After obtaining a B.A. at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, then working as a magazine editor, he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he earned a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Canterbury.William McNaughton was the founding teacher of Chinese at Oberlin College. From 1986 he taught at Hong Kong's City University, where he was the founding program leader of the BA (Honours) program in… Translation and Interpretation.

Preface

Student's Guide

The Writing System

Explanatory Notes

How to Write the Characters

The Pronunciation of Chinese

1,067 Basic Characters and Elements of the Writing System

Remaining Characters of the "A" List, "B" List, and "C" List

Alphabetical Index

Stroke Index

Chart of Modern Radicals

Chart of Traditional Radicals

Free shipping

A minimum purchase of $35 is required. Shipping is provided via FedEx SmartPost® and FedEx Express Saver®. Average delivery time is 1 – 5 business days, but is not guaranteed in that timeframe. Also allow 1 - 2 days for processing. Free shipping is eligible only in the continental United States and excludes Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. FedEx service marks used by permission."Marketplace" orders are not eligible for free or discounted shipping.

Our guarantee

If an item you ordered from TextbookRush does not meet your expectations due to an error on our part, simply fill out a return request and then return it by mail within 30 days of ordering it for a full refund of item cost.